This small fragment of a letter written by Charles Dickason, who served as a private in Co. G, 176th N.Y. Inf., USA, to Shadrick Lee, who was a private of Co. E, 3rd Tenn. Inf., USA, recalled horrible conditions both men endured in the prison camp...

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liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Section 9. That in all criminal prosecutions, the accused hath the right to be heard by himself and his counsel; to demand the nature and cause of the...

of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended unless when in case of rebellion or
invasion the public Safety may require it.
Sect. 16th That excessive Bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments...

Letter to Daniel Hoge Bruce, Co. A, 51st Va. Inf., Regt., CSA, from his cousin, Sue. She writes passionately about the destruction the South. Yet, she fears the outcome of surrender: "war, cruel and unrelenting as it is, would be far preferable to...

Letter from Anna E. Peck to her cousin, Pvt. John N. Warlick, Co. G, 55th Tenn. Vol. Inf. Regt., CSA, thanking him for news of her brother who was in Maryland. She writes, "his heart and soul is with us, who are only contending for our own rights....

Handwritten entry from Rachel Carter Craighead's Civil War diary. Craighead notes the two-year anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter that touched off the war, as well as the April 1863 unsuccessful Federal effort to retake the fort. Mentioned...

Handwritten entry for the date, covering parts of two pages. Entry finds Craighead noting the two-year anniversary of the First Tennessee Regiment, including her brother with the Rock City Guards, passing through Nashville from their induction...

Declaration of Rights.
That no freeman shall be put to answer any criminal charge but by indictment, presentment, or impeachment.
That no freeman shall be convicted of any crime but by the unanimous verdict of a jury of good and lawful men, in open...

CONSTITUTION
OF THE
STATE OF TENNESSEE
Whereas the people of the Territory of the United States, south of the river Ohio, having the right of admission into the General Government as a Member State thereof, consistent with the constitution of the...